The continued suppression of rainfall suggests an early cessation of the monsoon over parts of southern Africa.

Increased rains observed over the Afar and highland regions of Ethiopia during late March.

1) Heavy and above-average rains over the past few weeks have increased rainfall surpluses and resulted in flooding across the Omusati region along the Angola-Namibian border. The inundation has led to the closure of several schools in the area. Moderate to heavy rains are forecast to continue during the next week.

Slow to start seasonal rains are leading
to dry conditions in much of eastern Kenya and adjacent regions where pastoral
and marginal agricultural populations have not yet recovered from the severe
2005-2006 drought.

Belg regions of southwestern Ethiopia
continue to receive above normal precipitation, and rains are expanding
into adjacent portions of the country.